Chapter 46 The Descent Into Darkness

The darkness suffocated everything, shrouding the room in heavy, oppressive silence. Kaiza's senses overload: his body is a searing mass of pain, yet his mind is sharp. He cannot afford to let his guard down now, not with Mina this close. The flash of a face, his mind still reeling from that brief, unholy glimpse, pulsed through his thoughts like an echo he couldn't silence. Tightening his grip on the pendant, the jade still glowing dimly in his palm, whatever was happening now, whatever just broke forth under the shadow of the creature, Kaiza wanted answers. He wanted them right now. But the answers didn't come. Not from the beast before him, nor from the chilly, lifeless walls that surrounded him. All Kaiza could hear was the uneven sound of his breath, the pounding of his heartbeat within his chest. Mina lay beneath him, shallow and fast with her breathing, and Kaiza could feel the weight of her fear pressing against him.